Abstract

In 1949 Hench and co-workers reported beneficial effects of cortisone treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The results of these clinical trials were so dramatic that clinicians soon used glucocorticoids to treat other diseases. Symptomatic improvement was reported only in certain cases. Some other conditions in which glucocorticoid therapy is now used are adrenal insufficiency, rheumatic carditis, nephrotic syndrome, systemic lupus erythematosis, bronchial asthma, dermatitis, psoriasis, chronic ulcerative colitis and leukemia.

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